Who is Jacob? What is his connection to Sydney and the Centre?
Jacob is Sydney’s twin brother, who worked for the Centre before he and Sydney were in a car accident which left Jacob in a coma, where he has remained for several decades. Sydney was driving and blamed himself, visiting his brother’s bedside every Christmas. Jarod also paid Jacob a visit; due to research by Jarod, Jacob came out of the coma long enough to write him a note forgiving Sydney, and give the three their first clue to SL-27. (Under the Reds) It may have been Jacob who first brought Jarod to the Centre; Jacob was apparently later involved in the rescue of the children which may have lead to Catherine’s death. At the time of the accident, he and Sydney were arguing about what the Centre was doing to obtain ‘the children’. The Monday before the accident, he was seen arguing with Mr. Raines, presumably about the same thing (Mr. Raines pulled a gun on him). When Jacob regained consciousness, Mr. Raines ordered Miss Parker to kill him before he could talk; she and Sydney worked to
